Ellie is now 5 months old! Wow she is growing and changing every day. I say it every time but I cant believe we are already at 5 months now. Ellie does not have a doctors appointment this month, as her check-ups are no longer as frequent as they used to be. We wont see Dr. Calig until after the first of the new year. Therefore I don’t have any height or weight stats to share.

Over the last month, Ellie has really started to grow both physically and in her physical and mental development. Ellie smiles a lot and giggles even more. I have found several of her ticklish spots and when you hit those at the right time, she giggles and gives me the biggest smile ever. She also loves to play half a game of peak a boo. Yes, I said half. I don’t have to hide behind my hands and pop out at her, all I have to do is say boo in a silly way and she giggles. The best part is that she will giggle and then stop, like she is waiting for me to do it again. I have come to realize that she actually is waiting for me to do it again! You can kind of see that in the giggle video several posts back.

Ellie is also starting to reach and grab for things like crazy. She has branched out from grabbing just her feet and toes, to grabbing lots of things in front of her and around her. Of course, all that she grabs ends up in her mouth!

Ellie’s tummy time is coming along too! She can easily roll from her tummy to her back and is pushing herself up very well. Her little legs kick a lot and she uses them to scoot in little circles. When she is laying on her back, she is getting the movements of trying to roll on to her tummy, but cant quite do it yet. Im sure she will get there soon! Here’s to a happy and healthy month leading up to the half way point!